I started this blog when I began my journey with triple negative breast cancer in 2008. It was a way to keep my family and friends updated on my journey. The title was taken from my Mother's favorite advice. In her opinion - adding a little lipstick was the answer to most of life's struggles.

Sunday, June 12, 2011

I have so much to be thankful for, and I am reminded of that daily. In my new job I travel around to clinics and hospitals to train staff on how to use electronic health records in order to view clinical data. As I walk into these offices I see people coming and going who are struggling with chronic illness, recent surgeries and all levels of disabilities. It is a good reminder to me that we need to take our health seriously. It definitely makes a difference what food we choose to eat, how much we choose to exercise and what harmful substances we choose to introduce into our bodies.

God gave us this wonderful earth on which to grow healthy foods, beautiful landscapes to explore and water to enjoy. All those things are good for us. He did not invent preservatives, genetically engineered foods and artificial sweetners. Even though I LOVE my Coke Zero - I am going to make a more conscious effort to eat foods in their more natural state whenever possible, and start using meat as more of a side dish.

We've been slowly working on our backyard since we moved in. The soil isn't great and it's difficult to get grass to grow in certain areas. We still need to plant some shade trees, but all in all it's come a long way.

We are enjoying hosting cookouts and having our own movies in the yard nights.

Each summer Crockett Park hosts a series of free concerts and I've always had it on my to-do list, but never had actually attended. I have always loved Centennial's Movies in the park and have enjoyed their Shakespeare in the park as well.

Lori and I had both read about Crockett's offerings this year and decided to make this the Spears/Hall Sunday night hang out. If you are available at 7pm on Sunday nights - grab your blanket or lawn chair and join us!

Thursday, June 9, 2011

The Nashville Komen affiliate will be having a ribbon cutting for the new Mobile Mammography Unit on June 13th at 2pm in Centennial park. If you are available that day, come join the celebration. This Mammogram Mobile will offer screenings to those women and communities that might not have the opportunity otherwise to get a screening. The earlier breast cancer is detected, the better the treatment and the outcome - I'm living proof of that one!

A big thank you to all those individuals and corporations who made this possible!

About Me

I've been married to Bryan since June 30th, 1983 and we have two wonderful children Josh (31) and Jenni (26). Josh has been married to Chassi for 13yrs and they have blessed us with three precious, energetic girls (Anna Belle, Morgan and Emri).